My Dyna is used mostly for multi-day trips, and always has throw-over's on it. They're the most practical way to instantly provide substantial storage, especially putting the weight down low. They're so easy on and off; mine don't even need to be tied, as they're a tight fit between the shocks & turn-signals, and the sissy-bar locates them fore 'n aft. Needing no supports, over time they will eventually cause a tiny amount of paint loss or dulling @ high spots wherever they are allowed to rub (strut covers, caliper...). The aft part of the 2-up seat provides plenty of support. Simple, lightweight, low maintenance, quick, cheap...

But they have 2 major shortcomings:

1-They're (generally) seriously not weatherproof.

2-They cannot be substantially secured against easy theft.

For those 2 reasons alone, I am replacing my throw-overs w/ '09 Road King Police hardbags and a modified vintage Tour-Pak.

 

When you get er done, post some pics. I would like to get a set of hardbags that aren't too big and tall (kinda like the Police bags were when I was a teenager).

And ideally I would like to find them at a swap meet for a great price even if they are kinda rough. Then I could sand them down and paint them.

And no, I doubt if you can remember what the police bags looked like when I was a teenager. I graduated high school in 1968.

 

When you were in high school, I was in Vietnam. So you might be surprised at what I've seen and can still remember.

Yeah, I like the more compact and minimalist look of the older luggage, which is largely why I went w/ the vintage Tour-Pak (found a brand-new 1). But I'm OK w/ the late touring bags on my Dyna; they really complement the looks of the existing bike very well. Work commitments have prevented me from doing any more than collecting all the major components, and working out and refining my overall design approach.

OP--sorry if this got too far off-topic.

 

really like the look. Got any pictures of the bracket and just how hard are they to take on and off?

 

(OP don't mean to high jack your thread but it's old enough and has given so many ideas to you, I want to ask lo-rider a brief question. By the way OP I mounted my throwovers hard with aluminum angle, button head SS bolts.)

Hey lo-rider, my respect to you. I followed you there in 1970. Were you there during the 68 Tet offensive? I did duty in Lai Khe along QL13 to the Cambodian border. Then later up in the mountains of the southern highlands near Bao Loc. Glad you made it back to the World brother. Combat Engineer, Army.

 

RWB--PM sent.

 

I'm just about to have Leatherworks make a throw-over set for me. We're working out details right now. I hope to order 'em in the next two weeks, another 1-1.5 weeks for assembly & delivery. I'll post pics then, if anyone's interested.

 

throw over saddle bags are complete bull ****, all they do is blow around and beat the hell out of your scoot, anything that is not fastened to the scoot is going to cause big problems and chances are they would be easy pickens for the 1%s.

 

I ran throw over bags from Leatherworks Inc. http://www.leatherworksinc.com/ on my 2000 wide glide. They worked fine for me. Here's a pic.

 

I will see if I can take a few pics when I get home of the brackets. I made 4 total. One to go inside the bag on the forward mount (keeps the bag from riding out in the wind) and one on the rear rotated forward to keep the bag away from the swing arm. Most expensive part was the damn chrome spacers, about $5.50 each.